Western Officials Ask Russia to Put More Pressure On Damascus
Al-Hayat (London-based Saudi newspaper)
January 31, 2014
Western officials are seeking concessions on the delivery of humanitarian aid
Western officials are seeking concessions on the delivery of humanitarian aid
Shibl says the opposition has rejected the most basic principles for the Syrian state presented by the official delegation
Sources say the escalation in American policy aims to isolate extremists and put pressure on the Syrian regime
Safi accuses the regime’s insistence on Assad as lacking patriotism
Salim Idriss was among those to announce the formation of the new military coalition
Plea for all human rights organizations and media institutions to put more pressure on the Assad regime to save the lives those still in prison
Abu Bakr was a former officer in Saddam Husain’s Baath army
The women behind the operation were all graduates of a Baath Party training program
Shammat was talking at a press conference in Tehran
Parents have completely abstained from sending their children to school in order to protect them from danger
Gold prices in Syria have skyrocketed in Syria over the last two years
Syrian delegates say Geneva was not designed to discuss humanitarian aid
Syria’s armed conflict escalated even further in 2013 as the government intensified its attacks and began using increasingly deadly and indiscriminate weapons, culminating in a chemical weapons attack on the Damascus countryside on August 21
Coalition legal committee has filed a suit at the ICC alleging war crimes
Caution towards the talks reflects a lack of faith in the international community
Reporters without Borders demands an immediate release of all journalists and others engaged in media work detained by the regime, ISIS or any other group in violation of their right to freedom of expression
Below is the speech of Assad’s Foreign Minister at the Geneva 2 talks as published by SANA, the official news agency
Civil society groups call for an effective participation for the Syrian Civil Society in Geneva 2 as an independent body
The so-called realistic fiqh – jurisprudence – is used by some Muslim scholars to reconcile Sharia as it existed in the era of the Prophet Muhammad with modern life, something that most hard-line Salafis reject
An interview with Yasser Munif on Manbij, a city governed by a revolutionary council and that saw the creation of Syria’s first free trade union and independent police force
